Padstow lifeboat station | |
RNLI Lifeboat station | |
Padstow Lifeboat Station
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Country | England |
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State | Cornwall |
Town | Padstow |
Location | Padstow Lifeboat Station, Trevose Head, Padstow, UK |
- coordinates | 50°32′56″N 5°1′18″W / 50.54889°N 5.02167°WCoordinates: 50°32′56″N 5°1′18″W / 50.54889°N 5.02167°W |
Founded | 1808 |
Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
Visitation | Summer Months only |
Padstow lifeboat Station is based at Trevose Head west of Padstow. The current lifeboat is a Tamar class boat called "Spirit of Padstow".
The building was designed by Royal Haskoning engineers, with sub-consultants Poynton Bradbury Wynter Cole architects, and John Martin Construction Ltd. The building won the 2007 Structural Award for Community Structures.
The Hawker's Cove station was known as the number 1 station from 1899-1938 and the number 2 station from 1938-1962.
Station closed 1962
This was known as the number 2 station from 1899 - 1938 then the number 1 station from 1938-1962
Station closed 1967